Guitar scale · pentatonic & blues
B Man Gong Scale
Pentatonic scale 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 ♭7. It is the third mode of the major pentatonic, a minor pentatonic with the 5th replaced by a ♭6.
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B Man Gong Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|------------------------7-10-| B|-------------------8-10------| G|---------------7-9-----------| D|-----------7-9---------------| A|------7-10-------------------| E|-7-10------------------------|
e|-----------------------------10-12-| B|-----------------------10-12-------| G|------------------9-12-------------| D|-------------9-12------------------| A|-------10-12-----------------------| E|-10-12-----------------------------|
e|-------------------------12-| B|----------------------12----| G|----------------12-14-------| D|----------12-14-------------| A|----12-14-------------------| E|-12-------------------------|
e|-------------------------------15-17-| B|-------------------------15-17-------| G|-------------------14-16-------------| D|-------------14-17-------------------| A|-------14-17-------------------------| E|-15-17-------------------------------|
e|----------------------------17-19-| B|-------------------------17-------| G|-------------------16-19----------| D|-------------17-19----------------| A|-------17-19----------------------| E|-17-19----------------------------|
How to play B Man Gong on guitar
Find the root first: B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every B on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (♭3, ♭7), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 7–10. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | B |
| ♭3 | D |
| 4 | E |
| ♭6 | G |
| ♭7 | A |
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Questions
- What notes are in the B Man Gong Scale?
- The B Man Gong Scale has 5 notes: B, D, E, G, A.
- What is the formula of the man gong scale?
- 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 ♭7, which is the step pattern W+H W W+H W W (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play B Man Gong on the guitar?
- The root B is at fret 7 on the low E string and fret 2 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 7–10, and four more positions connect it up the neck.